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INCRAVE: New Album Details Revealed

Swedish heavy/power metal band INCRAVE will release its new album, "Dead End", on April 25 in Europe through Ulterium Records. The CD will be distributed by Sound Pollution in Scandinavia and by Metal Heaven in the rest of Europe. The North American release date will be announced within the coming w...

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THERION: Live, Behind-The-Scenes Photos From European Tour Posted Online

The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine recently hit the road in Europe for a few days with THERION and THE VISION BLEAK. A live and behind-the-scenes report, which follows the tour from Germany to Slovenia, can be found at this location (available in German only). Exclusive photos from the tour...

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THERION With MESSIAH MARCOLIN: Paris Concert Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of THERION performing a cover version of the MERCYFUL FATE classic "Black Funeral" on December 22, 2007 in Paris, France, with a special guest appearance by former CANDLEMASS singer Messiah Marcolin, can be viewed below. Photos of the concert can be found at HolyMetal.com. T...

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MOONSPELL: New Audio Interview With MIKE GASPAR Available

Episode 42 of the MetalCast show podcast features a 49-minute audio interview with drummer Miguel "Mike" Gaspar of the Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL. Mike talks about the recording of the group's new album, music and politics, extremism in metal, MOONSPELL history and many other interesting subjec...

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MEHIDA Hard At Work On Second Album

MEHIDA, the Finnish/Swedish melodic metal band featuring former CANDLEMASS/current THERION singer Thomas Vikström, has issued the following update: "The recording of the second MEHIDA album is going on full steam and all the people who liked the approach of the first one can expect the follow up alb...

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AMASEFFER: New Single Posted Online

AMASEFFER, the "holy project" featuring guest appearances by Mats Levén (KRUX, ex-THERION, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Angela Gossow (ARCH ENEMY) and Kobi Farhi (ORPHANED LAND),has posted its new single, "Slaves for Life", on the band's official web site. According to the group, "this is the opening track f...

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THERION's SNOWY SHAW To Play Drums For DEATHSTARS On KORN Tour

Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw (THERION, DREAM EVIL, KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME) will play drums for the industrial goth metal band DEATHSTARS on their upcoming European tour as the support act for KORN. For a list of dates, click here. DEATHSTARS' regular drumme...

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Former CANDLEMASS Singer Performs With THERION In London; Video Footage, Photos Available

Former CANDLEMASS singer Messiah Marcolin joined THERION on stage in London, England on Sunday, December 16. Messiah sang on THERION's "Kali Youga" trilogy and performed a duet with Snowy Shaw at the end of the show on MERCYFUL FATE's "Black Funeral". The full setlist was as follows: 01. Rise Of Sod...

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THERION: No New Album Before 2010

THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson has issued the following update: "Today the 20-year anniversary tour starts where we will perform the entire 'Theli' album. We therefore have printed a lot of 'Theli'-related merchandise plus some other old designs from the 'Lemuria'/'Sirius B' era that we never e...

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THERION: Budapest Concert To be Filmed For Upcoming DVD

Swedish symphonic metallers THERION will film their December 12 concert at Petofi Hall in Budapest, Hungary for an upcoming DVD. THERION's Christofer Johnsson recently made the following announcement: * Piotr Wawrzeniuk will be joining us at Glachau and go with us until Krakow. * Messiah Marcolin (e...

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JUDAS PRIEST To Launch New World Tour In June

JUDAS PRIEST's official web site has been updated with the following message: "The JUDAS PRIEST machine will be rolling out on the road again next year. The tour starts in June 2008 — dates to be announced shortly! Please note that only when dates are announced here on our website are they actually...

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VAN HALEN, JUDAS PRIEST Rumored For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

VAN HALEN and JUDAS PRIEST are among the bands who are rumored to be playing next year's Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 4-7, 2008 in in Sölvesborg, Sweden. It should be noted, however, that neither of these acts has been officially confirmed for the event and their possible participati...

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NARNIA Focusing On Songwriting

Swedish epic/melodic metallers NARNIA have issued the following update: "Due to current personal situations within in the band, we are not, as planned originally, doing any concerts at the moment. We plan to be back in the spring of 2008. In the meantime, we focus on writing songs for our new album...

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DISTORTED: New Album To Feature Guest Appearances By THERION, ABORTED Members

Female-fronted Israeli metal stalwarts DISTORTED are about to enter Underground Studios with producer Pelle Seather to record the follow-up to their 2006 album "Memorial". Vocalist Miri Milman comments: "We are extremely thrilled about the new material. It has been a couple of intense months for us,...

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THERION To Be Joined By Keyboardist FERDY DOERNBERG For European Tour

Christofer Johnsson of the Swedish metallers THERION has issued the following update: "Ferdy Doernberg (ULI JON ROTH, AXEL RUDI PELL, ROUGH SILK) will be joining the entire [European] tour to play keyboards. The songs will be re-arraged for keyboards especially for this tour." Johnsson previously an...